PetaPoco KeepConnectionAlive use

Question

I am fetching my Database object in PetaPoco using this method:

internal static Database GetCurrentDatabase()
    {
        if (HttpContext.Current == null)
        {
            if (Thread.GetData(Thread.GetNamedDataSlot(_databaseKey)) != null)
                return Thread.GetData(Thread.GetNamedDataSlot(_databaseKey)) as Database;
            else
            {

                var database = new Database("testDB");
                database.KeepConnectionAlive = true;
                database.EnableAutoSelect = true;
                database.CommandTimeout = 180;
                Thread.SetData(Thread.GetNamedDataSlot(_databaseKey), database);
                return database;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            if (HttpContext.Current.Items.Contains(_databaseKey))
                return HttpContext.Current.Items[_databaseKey] as Database;
            else
            {
                Database database = new Database("testDB");
                database.EnableAutoSelect = true;
                database.CommandTimeout = 180;
                database.KeepConnectionAlive = true;
                HttpContext.Current.Items[_databaseKey] = database;
                return database;
            }
        }
    }

My connection string in web.config:

<add name="testDB" connectionString="Data Source=192.168.10.10;Initial Catalog=testDB;User Id=test;Password=test;pooling='true'; Max Pool Size=200"
      providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

Question is already connection pooling is enabled. Do I have to set KeepConnectionAlive as true or false? What is the use of this property?

Answer 1

Yes, pooling is already enable and you don't need to set KeepConnectionAlive to true (in fact, it will bring trouble if you set it to true)